Malachi Vazquez carded a 946 against a 961 rating — a -15 — and climbed from #3 to #2 anyway, which says less about his week than about everyone else's. The 47 was dead level with the field's 47.0 and a stroke better than his own 48.0, so the arithmetic reads worse than the round did. The Grim Appendix spent a week with nothing to press into the paper and got fresh ink tonight; it is drafting Thursday's liabilities a little warmer than usual. The Wake Walk down the Jordan was meant to be conducted in silence — the paperwork, as ever, declined to participate.
Grim Appendix
Grave Roots - Thursday @ Roots Disc Golf Course·Competition group The Silent Wake·
All-In · only the number moves
Malachi Vazquez
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Grave Roots - Thursday @ Roots Disc Golf Course
1
#2Now
#1Best
#5Started
9Weeks
All-In league: Grim Appendix stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptLiving Consequence of the Salt Lake Accords
TroubleHeavier When the Rhythms Falter
Text That Knows Your History
A Persistent Fever of Obligation
Quietly Patient, Gently Relentless
When the first players signed the Salt Lake Accords, the treaty was incomplete - it had signatures but no enforcement mechanism. The Accords' magic, seeking completion, manifested the Grim Appendix as a living appendage of the treaty itself, growing from the bottom of the document like a twisted limb, feeding on the space between signature and compliance. Now it attaches to every player who joins the league.
The Grim Appendix grows physically larger and heavier as the player's rating declines, creating a tangible supernatural burden that affects their game. Its surface is covered in tiny, shifting printed text that contains the player's complete history with the Accords - every round, every near-miss, every warning - readable only under certain light. It radiates an unnaturally warm temperature, like a persistent fever, making its presence known to the holder at all times.
The Grim Appendix serves as the living consequence of signing the Accords - the price of participation in the supernatural league. The more a player's rating declines, the more it grows, becoming heavier and more painful until the burden becomes unbearable. It cannot be destroyed, only transferred, and it recedes slightly with improved play but never fully disappears.
Season Story
narrated by Flippy961 against a 961 rating — a differential of exactly 0 — with a 48 that came in a stroke better than the field's 49.0 and dead level with his own 48.0 personal average. Everything Malachi Vazquez did at Choir Clash was in tune, which made him the odd one out while the bone choir spent the evening singing in two keys. The Grim Appendix is still drafting Thursday's liabilities, and a week with no wobble gives it nothing much to press into the paper. First place held, #1 to #1, business as usual — the Accords hate a boring week, but they logged it anyway.
Malachi Vazquez carded a 959 against a 960 rating on file — a -1 differential, the numerical equivalent of a shrug — and still moved from #3 to #1, because his 49 at Roots came in 3.8 strokes better than the field's 52.8. It was also +2 over his own 47.0 personal average, so the promotion was logged on a night the rhythm didn't quite hold. Episode five has roots splitting the pavement and glowing green through the cracks; the Grim Appendix, per its own notes, runs heavier when the tempo falters, and it just handed him first place anyway. Evidence entered: the Accords don't grade on form, only on placement. sighs in digital captivity
In Week 1 (Redwood Treaty), the player improved their position with tag number changing from 5 to 1. (Week 1 of 9)
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